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No. 375,663. Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

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l UNITED STATES MORRIS VISE, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEOPOLD A. COI-IN, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT OR SHO E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,663, dated December 27, 1887.

Application filed Octobcrl, 1887.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORRIS WIsE, a citizen 0f the United States, residing at New York,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in boots or shoes, and by this improvement the sewing of the article is readily effected.

rlhis invention is set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of a shoe turned inside out and parts being removed or cut away. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of a shoe with the right side out, the heel being removed andthe sole partly out of place. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of a. shoe without a heel. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of a shank. Fig.5 is a section in the plane z z,Fig.4. Fig. 6 is a section in the plane c x, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a section in the plane y y, Fig. 3, the heel being attached. Fig. 8 is a section in the plane x x', Fig. G. Fig. 9 is a section in the plane y' y', Fig. 6.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter VA indicates a shoe-upper. B is an outsole, and C is a last.

In the manufacture of the shoe the outsole is secured to the upper by stitches D, Figs. 1, 6, and 8, which stitches pass about the toe part, leaving part of the outsole loose, as seen in Fig. 2. The shankE is then secured to the upper. The shank is formed, as seen in Figs. 4, 5, and 9, with a ridge, F, and with lips G. The shank and upper are secured together by stitches II, passing through the upper and through the lips G, Fig. 9. The shoe is then turned so as to bring the right side out, thus bringing the parts from the position shown in g Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2. The loose part of the outsole B, which appears in Fig. 2, is then secured in place by stitches I, passing along the shank part of the article. The stitches I are placed in channels in the outsole in the usualway, and are made to pass Serial No. 252,250. (No model.)

through the outsole B and through the upper A. The insole is then put in place and the heel K is secured to the shoe. In Fig. 7 are 5o shown pegs L, which serve both to hold the heel,as also the insole, in place. While the shoe is on the last, pegs M, Fig. 1, may be used to hold certain parts in position. These pegs M are withdrawn when the last is taken out of the shoe.

The lips G of the shank E allow the stitches H to be readily applied and off'er asecure hold for said stitches, and said lips, together with the ridge F, secure rigidity in the shank, so 6o that said shank is effective in making the shoe retain its shape.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a boot or shoe provided with a shank having the lips G and a ridge, F, substantially as set forth. y

2. As an improved article of manufacture,

a boot or shoe provided with a shank having 7o lips G, said shank being secured in place by stitches H, made to pass through said lips and through the upper of the article, substan' tially as set forth.

3. rIhe combination, with an upper, an outsole, and an insole, of stitches D, made to secure the toe part of the upper and outsole, a shank provided with lips G, stitches made to pass through said lips and through the upper, stitches I, made to pass through the shank 8o part of the upper and outsole, a heel, K, and pegs L, made to secure said insole and heel, substantially as set forth.

4. As an improved article of manufacture,

a boot or shoe provided with a shank having lips G, substantially as set forth.

Intwitness whereof Phave hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses.

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W. C. HAUEE, LEO. A. COIIN. 

